So what’s killing us now? Because last I heard life expectancy is dropping.
this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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heart disease, cancer, COVID-19 and drug-overdose.
Infant mortality is steady,
under 25 mortality increased very slightly.
over 65 went up by 20%, that's where you find most of the heart disease and covid deaths, and it doesn't decrease the life expectancy that much, since they're already old.
The big problem is in the 25-55 bracket, because they're dying from overdoses a LOT, and that's hugely decreasing life expectancy. There's alcohol consumption too, which increases cancer risks and deaths. Cancer screenings have dropped off in this bracket too, thanks to cost, so "preventable" cancers like breast-, lung- and colon cancers are killing more people.
It seems to be less of a direct regulation issue, and more of a "life sucks, so people do drugs". Which one can (and SHOULD) argue is also a regulation issue, just less directly.
Deregulation has been going on for a while. It's been a major policy of the last several Rep. Presidents.
Also, sedentary life styles are far more common, then there are the more wild card things, like the microplastics epidemic, and many other things.
Quality of medical care being driven down, and its price being driven up, by insurance middlemen.